Little Falls transcript., 1887-04-22
MIlIlyES0 0TA NEWS.
BUSINESS NEWS ASSOCIATIONS.


BUSINESS NEWS ASSOCIATION. s#'s.
Meeting at Farita.lt and Decisive Steps Taken
70 Help Aloas the Enforcement of tho Inter-
State Law. Il s8
A meeting in response toa call OF b,lsi-s
ness men OF Minnesota was held recently
at Faribault, Rice county. ss 4
The meeting was called to order by ). R.
Parshan, president of the Faribault board
| OF trade. Mayor Elect John e. Townley
delivered an address OF welcome, and was
followed by Hon. "A. ID. Keyes, Of Fari-
bau.t, who set forth very strongly the rail-
road determinations and other abuses,
! and the Importance ofsustaining the inter-
state railroad law. Some twenty Of the
principal town in Southern Minnesota
were represented by delegates,
J. N. Burlingame. from the committees.
on organizations presented a report as fol-
! First-This organization shall be known
as the Business Mems Association OF the
State OF Minnesota The object OF this
association shall be to secure equal and
just rates OF transportation OF persons and
property, in accordance with state and na-
tional legislation. " Az
Second-This association shall consist
of one member from each board Of trade,
each business mems association and each
farmer organizationin the state, who shall
! be elected for term OF one year and un-
til their successors are elected; provided
that no Incorporated municipal organiza.
tion and no township shall be entitled to
more than one member, and provided fur
ther that the delegates from each organi"
| zation here represented shall select one
l. L.. H.
til the annual meeting which shall be call
ed to assemble on the first Tuesday OF
June next.
Third-The officers of this association
she'll be q president first and second vice
presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and
| an executive committee Of seven members,
to be elected by this convention and an
! nually thereafter by the regula; annual
! meeting OF the association, whose duty it
shall be to represent this association in all
| matters pertaining to the objects Of this
| association. The executive committee is
| empowered to fill all vacancies occurring in
| the offices OF this asso citation, to serve
until the next succeeding annual meeting.
Fourth-The annual meetings OF this as.
sociation shall be held on the first Tuesday
| in June in each year at such place as may
| be designated by the executive committee
Of which due notice shall be given. Special
IuCoUAuko oudAA w CttlAtu NY Viz pieSlueHo
upon request of the executive committee or
of the m embers OF the association.
Fifth-The president, vice presidents and
! secretary shall be ex.officio members of the
executive committee and officers thereof.
! Sixth-The fee for membership in this as
! sociation shall be S.. Additional sums
shall be provided for by equitable ASSESS
| ments made under the direction OF tho
| executive committee.
k0 oh In, 111o 80
! next convention on June 7th.
The committee on nominate OF officers
made the following report which was adopt
ed
E. E. Pope, president; N. P. Calhoun.
first vice PRESIDENT John T. Norrish sec.
ond vice president: J. M. Burlingame, third
| vice president; C. Bailey, treasurer; w. P.
Sargent, Albert Lea; j r. Parshall, Fari-
bault; J. II. Miller Wabusha; r. O. Hall,
! AUSTIN C. P. Carpenter, Pennington; O.
| F. Perkins, Northfeld; o. A. Erickson,
! Red Wing, executive committee.
| After O. long discussion it was resolved
| to appoint one member from each organ
ization represented, to be a member OF the
| organization until regular delegates are
| elected to attend the annual meeting in
June. The following were elected:
h:R r. c. Libby Hastings; r M M TSda %s.dd Al
J. R. Rust, Zumbrota; G. P. Car.
penter, Farmington; N. schaeffer, Owa-
! tonna; T. B. Seager, Cannon Falls; l..
| A. Moore, Mankato; G. T. Rand, Wabasha;
| A. E. Hazard, Rhshford; ]. N. Powers,
| Morristown; J. T. Ames Northfeld; y. E.
Potter, Wateryille; E. H. Loyhed, Fari-
| bault; +. Merlin, Jordan; c. e. Edwards,
| Spring Valley; Oscar Ayers, Austin.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, intermediate cities and places
| have heretofore suffered in their material
interests by the grossly unjust dis
ordinations OF railway companies
in the carriage of freights, in
favor OF terminal points ana against such
intermediate points, to the demorlizati on,
and in many cases total destruction of
many of the business enterprises and in
dustries OF such intermediate places; and
whereas the charge Of a greater sum for a
short than for long haul, tending as it
| does to build up and favor certain ter min
al points, and impover1sh all others, CON
stitutes in our judgment, discrimination
in it's most glaring and vicious form; and
whereas the Interstate commerce law
was enacted to secure just and rea-
sonable rates of transportation OF
persons and property to all sections OF our
common country in the interest OF general
! prosperity, rather than the abnormal
| growth of favored terminal railroad CEN
| ters; and, whereas, in our Judgment the i'm
partial enforcement OF that law will tend to
advance the commercial and material in.
| terests of the whole state and country;
and whereas there is a reasonable cause to
| believe that certain heretofore favored
railroad centers particularly terminal
points as Well as the railroads themselves,
are now contemplating measures to render
ineftec tual said law, and to evade and sl1s-
pend such of it's provisions as are not in
their special interest;
| Resolved, That while we recognize the
railroads rs prominent factors in the de-
velopment OF the state aid would do moth
ing to impair their usefulness or render
! their actual inves tnents unproitable vet,
that we do ins list that their manage ment
should be so regulated as to secure just
and reasonable rates for the transporta-
| tion of persons and property to all citizens
and to all portions OF the state.
Resolved, That all sections OF this
state, outside Of two or three fa-
vored terminal railroad points, have
common interest in these matters,
and should make an earnest and unit
] ed effort to- secure such a thorough and
impartial enforcement OF the interstate
/ law, and Of all state laws regulating COM
I mon carriers. that no persons or sections
shall be enriched or built up at the ex-
j pense or improverishment of other per-
I sons or sections, butin such manner as to
secure general prosperity throughout the
state. g:~E e E.J ~
Resolved, That this organization
should pr ompty take measures to bring
to the knowledge OF the commercial,
/ manufacturing and producing inter.
ests OF the whole state the gross
Determinations in freight traffic which
| have heretofore been practiced against any
Of them, and that it should be on the alert,
and prepared to- meet with arguments,
i facts and fgnres efforts that shall be
made with the interstate commerce com
mission to inequitably evade or suspend
any of the pro visions OF the Law applicable